Trailer Queen

Definition: A classic car that, for some reason, can't or shouldn't be driven but is instead towed to car shows. The most common trailer queen can be driven but the owner is usually so tied up in the status and appearance of his car that he has forgotten the joy of driving it and now hauls it around in a trailer to avoid dirt or possible damage. These cars are often painfully shiny with very expensive, detailed paint jobs and blinding chrome.

I am NOT building one of those.

Found this shirt on eBay and just had to get it...

So....

I set up a YouTube account. To go with the web site. Just gotta have videos. Here's my intro video, playing a cut off the Christine soundtrack Lp - a little Dion and the Belmonts singing I Wonder Why.

Week 29

Finally managed to make my way to the garage today, dropped off the new sander (the pads are coming from a different vendor and haven't arrived yet) and the new distributor. Started removing interior door handles and trim, getting ready to take the doors off and start in on her body work.

Found a source for the front drivers floor pan that includes the proper accelerator pedal access and mounting holes - every other design I've seen simply leaves that whole area out. I'm still scratching my head on that one.

Everything else is safe and sound and just as I left it.





Here's a shot of the storage area. The clear totes are full of parts for Elizabeth, as are the boxes and all the other stuff stacked around there. Long boxes full of trim and such are against the wall next to where I was standing. By the time I get the doors stored in here I'll be about out of floor space.

Finally!

I had invested in a new electronic ignition system and distributor for the Plymouth earlier this year, acting on the advice of several folks on one of the forums I used to haunt and ordering the setup from an eBay dealer, "waterlootirecompany". After shelling out over $400 for the setup it took them over a month to ship my parts. This after several emails to them went unanswered. When the parts did arrive I found they had shipped the wrong distributor. More emails, send the distributor back and wait 6 more weeks for the replacement. Another wrong distributor which was promptly returned. By this time I was really getting annoyed and starting to worry if I was going to get ripped off. After several more weeks of unanswered emails and broken promises (and no distributor) I turned the matter over to eBay, who never contacted me again. Thanks to eBay and their seller "waterlootirecompany" I was out almost $300, the price of the distributor I never received. Lesson learned. Avoid eBay like the plague.

So last week I was finally able to track down a reliable source for an electronic distributor for Elizabeth's 318 poly. It arrived today.

Source: Pertronix. Show 'em some love. They delivered. On time!

Moving Forward

Made a major purchase today after I finally found a deal on a reliable electric sander for the bodywork:

Porter-Cable 7335R 5-Inch Variable Speed Random Orbit Sander

Got a ton of sandpaper too - 80, 120, 220, and 320 grit - 400 discs in all.

Time to get busy with it!